What about some kind of link with Gooooogle goggles (or a similar app) that would allow it to scan pre-existing barcodes, then utilize that info to find similar media in the library?

Or, in a similar realm of thought, what if you built-in some kind of context menu that opened when you selected text and allowed for playback...similar to where google voice detects telephone numbers and provides an option to do xbmc magic with it?

Just throwing a few more ideas out there...I absolutely LOVE XBMC remote, and I think the QR code idea has a lot of potential. I personally think it would be a lot more powerful if it could be integrated more into the phone.

Yep, I agree - the manual generation/printing of the QR-Codes is the main effort ...

I've thought in the same direction and what I came up with is this:
It's now possible to scan the barcodes already on all CDs (EAN/UPC Codes)

But as there are no free barcode databases (as far as I know) - I had to use Google Products to get the corresponding product.
Problem is, Google limits the lookups/day to 1500 per API-Key ...
This way, it won't be possible to implement a ready to use application.
The only solution I currently see is for every user to manually enter his own API Key - and that isn't very user-friendly ...

If you want to test it, you have to remove the installed xbmc app first, as my version is obviously not signed with the official key

xbmzD Wrote:Yep, I agree - the manual generation/printing of the QR-Codes is the main effort ...

I've thought in the same direction and what I came up with is this:
It's now possible to scan the barcodes already on all CDs (EAN/UPC Codes)

But as there are no free barcode databases (as far as I know) - I had to use Google Products to get the corresponding product.
Problem is, Google limits the lookups/day to 1500 per API-Key ...
This way, it won't be possible to implement a ready to use application.
The only solution I currently see is for every user to manually enter his own API Key - and that isn't very user-friendly ...

If you want to test it, you have to remove the installed xbmc app first, as my version is obviously not signed with the official key

I have to be honest.. Wouldn't just selecting the album from the android remote's media list be incomprehensibly easier than making a qr code for each album, printing it, attaching it, and having to look through a physical library, then scan a code on the cd to play the album?

Cool concept, but just a bit ridiculous if you ask me.

Now if manufacturers began to put a NCF tag on each album... Thats a different story.